Mattress holder



July 21, 1925. 1,546,653

H. J. GRINDAL MATTRESS V-HOLDER Filled- July '7, 1.92.4

Patented July 21, 19235.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATTRESS HOLDER.

Application filed July 7, 1924. Serial No. 724,665.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HA'ITIE J. GRINDAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bangor, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in ll iattress Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in. the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

A great many metal beds are provided with vertically spaced horizontal bars at the head and foot and the mattress oft-en slides on the spring and moves outwardly between these bars, necessitating that it be repeatedly pulled back in place, which. is often very tachment separate from the bed.

In the drawing above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates either the head or the foot section ofa bed, said section having vertically spaced horizontal bars 2 and 3 adjacent the end ofv the mattress l. Very often, the mattress slides on the spring,

designated in the drawing at 5, and moves outwardly between the bars 2 and 3, but.

such an occurrence is prevented by the use of my inventlon, the preferred form of which 1s shown.

The numerals 6 designate a plurality of vertical metal bars which are adapted to extend across the horizontal bars 2 and 3, the upper ends of said bars dh'avinghooks 7 preferably formed by bending the bars, these hooks being adapted to engage the bar 2 as shown fullyin Fig. 1. A horizontal bar 8 of wood or metal extends across the bars 6 and is secured thereto by suitable fasteners 9, and in the present disclosure of the invention, it is the bar 8 which contacts with the end of the mattress to prevent it from sliding outwardly between the bars 2 and 3.

The invention is simple and inexpensive and may be applied to a bed at either its head or foot or at both points, as occasion may require, and when in use, the mattress will be positively held against slipping endwise from the spring, so that it is not necessary to repeatedly pull the mattress and the bed clothes back into their proper positions.

As excellent results may be obtained with the details disclosed, these details are preferably followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous modifications may be made.

I claim:

A, mattress guard comprising a rigid frame composed of a plurality of flat horizontally spaced vertical bars arranged in a plane and having their upper ends bent rearwardly and downwardly to form hooks to take over one of the horizontal bars at the end of a bed, a single flat horizontal bar extending across all of said vertical bars be low said hooks and being disposed flat against said vertical bars, and securing elements rigidly securing said vertical bars to said horizontal bar.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto aflixed my signature.

I-IATTIE J. GRINDAL. 

